NDHSAA State Tournament Record Book

State Wrestling Records 1958-2011
updated February 19, 2011

Individual Records | Coaching Records | School Records

Individual Records
Category	Name	School	Year(s)	Record
BEST SEASON RECORD:
Class A	Tyler Johnson	Bismarck High	2008	50-0
Class B	Jayd Kittelson	Velva	2000	48-0

MOST PINS IN ONE SEASON:
Class A	Marc Mellmer	Dickinson High	2000	40
Class B	Beau Wisness	Watford City	1998	38

MOST PINS IN A VARSITY CAREER:
Class A	Marc Mellmer	Dickinson High	1997-2003	165
Class B	Levi Haugen	Minot Ryan	1999-2005	141
Class B	Bryan Mueller	Hillsboro	1992-1997	141

MOST WINS IN A VARSITY CAREER:
Class A	John Basting	GF Red River	2000-2006	232
Class B	Levi Haugen	Minot Ryan	1999-2005	234

CONSECUTIVE VICTORIES:
Class A	Travis Lang	Bismarck High	2002-2004	134
Class B	Kriss McCleary	Napoleon	2006-2008	105
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MOST PINS BY WEIGHT CLASS:
Class A
103 pounds	Marc Mellmer	Dickinson High	1999	32
112 pounds	Marc Mellmer	Dickinson High	2000	40
119 pounds	Marc Mellmer	Dickinson High	2001	33
125 pounds	Travis Lang	Bismarck High	2004	34
130 pounds	Marc Mellmer	Dickinson High	2003	35
135 pounds	Eric Sabot	Bismarck Century	2001	35
140 pounds	Eric Sabot	Bismarck Century	2002	30
145 pounds	Luke Mellmer	Dickinson High	2007	36
152 pounds	Tyler Johnson	Bismarck High	2008	36
160 pounds	Preston Lehmann	West Fargo	2010	37
171 pounds	Rick Waitman	Williston	1999	34
189 pounds	Ryan Lack Tyler Lehmann	Dickinson High West Fargo	2000 2010	33 33
215 pounds	Ryan Lack	Dickinson High	2002	34
275 pounds	Tony Fugleberg	Fargo South	2000	36

Class B
103 pounds	Derek Lennick	Center	1998	32
112 pounds	Ben Maliske	Beulah-Hazen	2009	29
119 pounds	Ryan Heisler	Central Cass	2007	29
125 pounds	Matt German	Oakes	1993	29
130 pounds	Curt Savey	Oakes	2001	28
135 pounds	Michael Nord	Lisbon	2009	33
140 pounds	Patrick Nord	Lisbon	2008	28
145 pounds	Mark Pazdernik	New Salem	1993	32
152 pounds	Josh Stadheim	Hettinger	1996	29
160 pounds	Michael Nord	Lisbon	2011	33
171 pounds	Bryan Mueller	Hillsboro	1997	33
189 pounds	Beau Wisness	Watford City	1998	38
215 pounds	Wade Kittelson	Velva	1998	36
275 pounds	Josh Epperly	Hettinger	2001	36
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QUICKEST PIN BY WEIGHT CLASS:
Class A
103 pounds	Shane Sayler	Dickinson High	1997	8 sec.
112 pounds	Shawn Drury	Bismarck High	1984	7 sec.
119 pounds	Jason Nordstrom	West Fargo	1994	7 sec.
125 pounds	Scott Braun	Bismarck Century	1995	10 sec.
130 pounds	Jess Herz	Williston	1996	10 sec.
135 pounds	Kasey Gilliss	Bismarck Century	1994	16 sec.
140 pounds	Mike Ginther	Devils Lake	1994	8 sec.
145 pounds	Toby Adducci	Williston	1996	12 sec.
152 pounds	Mike Seeger	Bismarck Century	1992	7 sec.
160 pounds	Nate Carroll	Valley City	1989	15 sec.
	Josh Sayler	Dickinson High	1999	15 sec.
171 pounds	Paul Schmitz	Wahpeton	1989	9 sec.
	Chris Larson	Wahpeton	1994	9 sec.
	Matt Meyer	Dickinson High	1995	9 sec.
	Dustin Swanson	Fargo South	1996	9 sec.
189 pounds	John Corwin	Bismarck Century	1988	8 sec.
	Kenny Howard	Mandan	1996	8 sec.
215 pounds	Elliot Piper	Bismarck High	2001	8 sec.
275 pounds	Scott Owens	Devils Lake	1995	5 sec.

Class B
103 pounds	Kris Gilley	Oakes	1993	7 sec.
	Derrick Rygg	Mayville-Portland	2007	7 sec.
112 pounds	Jesse Goebel	Ashley-Wishek	1998	6 sec.
	Josh Armitage	Killdeer	2006	6 sec.
119 pounds	Mike Conner	Killdeer	1993	8 sec.
125 pounds	Luke Davidson	Stanley	1993	7 sec.
130 pounds	Shy Obrigewitch	Beach	1990	5 sec.
135 pounds	Dale Sigloh	Kenmare	1999	5 sec.
140 pounds	Justin Goebel	Ashley-Wishek	1997	4 sec.
145 pounds	Tony Thompson	Harvey	2004	7 sec.
152 pounds	Tim Huus	New Salem	1990	6 sec.
	Eric Mauch	Central Cass	1994	6 sec.
160 pounds	Jordan Dewald	Napoleon	2005	6 sec.
171 pounds	Duane Norby	Watford City	1992	6 sec.
189 pounds	Kevin McCleary	Napoleon	2005	6 sec.
215 pounds	Caleb Vigue	Center	1998	6 sec.
275 pounds	John Fors	Larimore	1990	3 sec.
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FIVE-TIME STATE CHAMPION:
	Dave Hilliard	Lakota	1980, 1982-85
	Levi Haugen	Minot Ryan	2001-2005
	Scott Glasser	Bismarck High	2002-2006

FOUR-TIME STATE CHAMPIONS:
	Dave Stewart	Williston	1958-61
	Scott Kelly	Velva	1979-82
	Brett Maughan	Fargo North	1983-86
	Nathan Brenna	Watford City	1986-89
	Mark Pazdernik	New Salem	1989-91, 1993
	Troy Sabot	Bismarck Century	1992-95
	Ryan Bachman	Cavalier	1995-98
	Travis Lang	Bismarck High	2000, 2002-04
	Phil Basting	GF Red River	2001-2004
	Ben Imdieke	Linton-HMB	2001-2004
	Jake Mellmer	Dickinson High	2004-2007
	Kriss McCleary	Napoleon	2005-2008
	Justin Solberg	Wahpeton	2004, 2006-2008
	Michael Nord	Lisbon	2007-2009, 2011
	Eric Forde	Fargo South	2008-2011
	Joe Schumacher	Bismarck High	2008-2011

THREE-TIME STATE CHAMPIONS:
	Henry Pankratz	Dickinson	1961-63
	Tom Lowe	Minot High	1967-69
	Mark Slater	Minot Ryan	1971-73
	Rod Johnsrud	Watford City	1973-75
	Lenny Vannett	Velva	1980-82
	Troy Steiner	Bismarck Century	1986-88
	Mike Peterson	Carrington	1985-86, 1988
	Neil Anderson	Mandan	1986-88
	Lance Koenig	Carrington	1987-89
	Jeremy Wolf	Carrington	1987-89
	Chad Renner	Bismarck High	1989-91
	Jason Anderson	Carrington	1990-92
	Darin Giese	Bismarck High	1990-92
	Beau Lucier	Cavalier	1992-94
	Kasey Gilliss	Bismarck Century	1992, 1994-95
	Josh Krebs	Minot High	1994-96
	Cody Anderson	Lisbon	1994-96
	Brian Biel	Beulah	1995, 1997-98
	Josey Ness	Devils Lake	1996-98
	Travis Kraft	Bismarck High	1996-98
	Dusty Swanson	Fargo South	1996-98
	Derek Bischof	Minot High	1996-97, 1999
	Math Bitz	Bismarck High	1999-2001
	Marc Mellmer	Dickinson High	1999, 2001, 2003
	Eric Sabot	Bismarck Century	2000-2002
	TJ Sailer	Bismarck High	2003-2005
	Dusty Vliem	Hettinger	2003-2005
	Tyler Steinwand	Mandan	2005-2007
	Jordan Dewald	Napoleon	2005-2007
	Tyler Johnson	Bismarck High	2005, 2007-2008
	Rowdy Lund	Watford City	2006-2008
	Evan Gross	Napoleon	2007-2009
	Scott Schiller	West Fargo	2008-2010
	Anjelo Shephard	West Fargo/Fargo North	2009-

MOST PINS BY WEIGHT CLASS (RETIRED WEIGHTS):
Class A
98 pounds	Troy Vetter	Fargo North	1985	23
105 pounds	Brett Maughan	Fargo North	1984	22
112 pounds
119 pounds
126 pounds	Duane Barnhardt	Bismarck Century	1985	31
132 pounds	Andy Leier	Bismarck High	1984	21
	Todd Bereron	West Fargo	1984	21
138 pounds	Andy Reimnitz	Bismack High	1971	22
145 pounds
155 pounds	Bill Baker	Jamestown	1984	21
167 pounds	Kelly Kringle	Bismarck High	1986	22
185 pounds	George Bowman	GF Red River	1977	27
Heavyweight

Class B
98 pounds	Brent Klien	Langdon	1987	23
105 pounds	Troy Jangula	Napoleon	1986	23
112 pounds	Wayne Scheer	Napoleon	1976	22
	Mark Lemieux	Lisbon	1982	22
119 pounds	Duane Walsh	Garrison	1973	20
126 pounds	Earl Hilliard	Lakota	1979	22
132 pounds	Dan Splichal	Garrison	1976	19
138 pounds	Ken Forester	New Salem	1979	26
145 pounds	Randy Doll	New Salem	1985	24
155 pounds	Robin Schwartz	Watford City	1984	26
167 pounds	Curt Van Vleet	Beach	1986	28
185 pounds	Mike Osland	Mayville-Portland	1983	24
Heavyweight	Brian Blazek	Dakota (Arthur)	1979	31
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Coaching Records
MOST CAREER WINS:
Class A	Scott Knowlen	Bismarck High	310
Class B	Barry McCleary	Napoleon	437

BEST CAREER WIN/LOSS RECORD:
Class A	Mike Schaff	Bismarck High	165-5-1
Class B	Barry McCleary	Napoleon	437-76-1

MOST TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Class A	Scott Knowlen	Bismarck High	13
Class B	Barry McCleary	Napoleon	9

MOST DUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Class A	Scott Knowlen & Jeff Schumacher	Bismarck High	11
Class B	Barry McCleary	Napoleon	6

MOST INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS:
Class A	Scott Knowlen	Bismarck High	65
Class B	Barry McCleary	Napoleon	35
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School Records
LONGEST WINNING STREAK:
Class A	Bismarck High	175
Class B	Napoleon	63

MOST TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Class A	Bismarck High	32
Class B	Napoleon	13

MOST INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS:
Class A	Bismarck High	134
Class B	Watford City	49

MOST DUAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS:
Class A	Bismarck High	11
Class B	Napoleon	6

MOST CONSECUTIVE TOURNEY VICTORIES:
Class A	Bismarck	38
Class B	Oakes	18
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